St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Twin Cities Area
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

